Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 82 84
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -28
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,085 1,778 2,378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 3.56% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 4.00% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 859 1,583
10th Percentile £45,456 £49,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £90,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,808 44,479 67,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.30% 89.14% 80.83%
Number of salaries quoted 54,325 25,171 42,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -16 1,815 £75,000 +3.45% 596
UK excluding London -25 1,139 £67,500 -3.57% 396
Work from Home -17 873 £67,500 -3.57% 338
London -16 803 £85,000 +6.25% 292
North of England -32 372 £70,000 - 121
South East +30 327 £65,000 -7.14% 109
North West -52 198 £75,000 +10.29% 62
South West -10 131 £60,000 - 44
Midlands -43 107 £67,500 -3.57% 54
North East +18 98 £65,000 +18.18% 28
West Midlands -33 77 £80,000 +12.28% 35
Yorkshire +1 76 £69,305 -0.99% 31
Northern Ireland -22 67 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Wales -16 61 £65,000 +25.00% 7
East of England -30 42 £60,100 -3.84% 21
Scotland -56 34 £60,000 -22.58% 41
East Midlands -54 30 £64,000 -5.19% 18
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 43 (2.06%) Confluence
2 30 (1.44%) Apache Spark
3 18 (0.86%) Apache
4 17 (0.82%) CMS
5 14 (0.67%) IIS
6 13 (0.62%) Camunda
7 9 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.38%) JBoss
8 8 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.34%) nginx
9 7 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (0.34%) WordPress
10 5 (0.24%) Drupal
11 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.14%) DNN
12 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 11 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.096%) Shopify
7 1 (0.048%) Eikon
7 1 (0.048%) RMDS
7 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,056 (50.65%) AWS
2 884 (42.40%) Azure
3 329 (15.78%) GCP
4 267 (12.81%) Serverless
5 260 (12.47%) GitHub
6 198 (9.50%) SaaS
7 185 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
8 147 (7.05%) AWS Lambda
9 124 (5.95%) Amazon S3
10 112 (5.37%) Amazon EKS
11 111 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
12 106 (5.08%) GitHub Copilot
13 98 (4.70%) Azure Service Bus
14 85 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
15 74 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
16 69 (3.31%) Amazon SQS
17 67 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
18 64 (3.07%) Azure AKS
19 52 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 52 (2.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.21%) Broadband
2 22 (1.06%) Network Security
3 13 (0.62%) DMARC
3 13 (0.62%) DNS
3 13 (0.62%) MQTT
4 9 (0.43%) HTTP
5 8 (0.38%) AMQP
5 8 (0.38%) Internet
5 8 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.38%) VPN
6 7 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
7 6 (0.29%) Firewall
7 6 (0.29%) RFID
8 4 (0.19%) DHCP
9 3 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.14%) LTE
9 3 (0.14%) Modbus
9 3 (0.14%) NAS
9 3 (0.14%) SAN
10 2 (0.096%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 309 (14.82%) MongoDB
2 231 (11.08%) PostgreSQL
3 201 (9.64%) NoSQL
4 168 (8.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 160 (7.67%) Elasticsearch
6 126 (6.04%) SQL Server
7 117 (5.61%) MySQL
8 98 (4.70%) Relational Database
9 71 (3.41%) Redis
10 57 (2.73%) DynamoDB
11 50 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (1.44%) Big Data
13 17 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 17 (0.82%) RDBMS
14 15 (0.72%) Pinecone
15 13 (0.62%) BigQuery
16 12 (0.58%) Db2
16 12 (0.58%) DTS
17 10 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
18 8 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 277 (13.29%) Git
2 186 (8.92%) GitLab
3 169 (8.11%) Jenkins
4 65 (3.12%) JUnit
5 63 (3.02%) JIRA
6 54 (2.59%) TeamCity
7 49 (2.35%) Cucumber
8 40 (1.92%) Cypress.io
8 40 (1.92%) Mockito
9 34 (1.63%) Claude Code
10 31 (1.49%) Maven
11 26 (1.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 25 (1.20%) Selenium
13 18 (0.86%) SonarQube
14 15 (0.72%) Postman
14 15 (0.72%) Spock
15 14 (0.67%) CircleCI
15 14 (0.67%) JMeter
15 14 (0.67%) REST Assured
16 12 (0.58%) Vite
General
1 529 (25.37%) Finance
2 417 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 218 (10.46%) Public Sector
4 188 (9.02%) Banking
5 159 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 151 (7.24%) Law
7 141 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
8 116 (5.56%) Retail
9 85 (4.08%) Legal
10 66 (3.17%) Financial Institution
11 65 (3.12%) Marketing
12 48 (2.30%) Back Office
13 37 (1.77%) Aerospace
14 30 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.34%) Games
15 28 (1.34%) Legal Technology
16 19 (0.91%) Advertising
17 18 (0.86%) Front Office
18 15 (0.72%) Manufacturing
19 13 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 776 (37.22%) Developer
2 497 (23.84%) Senior
3 375 (17.99%) Software Engineer
4 353 (16.93%) Lead
5 302 (14.48%) Architect
6 206 (9.88%) .NET Developer
7 185 (8.87%) Senior Developer
8 169 (8.11%) Full-Stack Developer
9 157 (7.53%) Java Developer
10 129 (6.19%) Java Engineer
11 125 (6.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 123 (5.90%) Senior Software Engineer
13 107 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
14 103 (4.94%) Principal Engineer
15 85 (4.08%) Software Developer
16 79 (3.79%) Lead Software Engineer
17 74 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
18 73 (3.50%) Lead Developer
19 58 (2.78%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 58 (2.78%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 562 (26.95%) .NET
2 447 (21.44%) React
3 431 (20.67%) Node.js
4 372 (17.84%) Terraform
5 356 (17.07%) Spring
6 323 (15.49%) Spring Boot
7 310 (14.87%) RESTful
8 289 (13.86%) REST
9 267 (12.81%) Kafka
10 249 (11.94%) ASP.NET
11 230 (11.03%) .NET Core
12 222 (10.65%) AngularJS
13 216 (10.36%) Vue
14 199 (9.54%) ASP.NET Core
15 121 (5.80%) Blazor
16 105 (5.04%) ASP.NET Web API
17 97 (4.65%) .NET Framework
18 96 (4.60%) HTML
19 94 (4.51%) CSS
20 85 (4.08%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 648 (31.08%) Cloud Native
2 373 (17.89%) Distributed Systems
3 148 (7.10%) Product Ownership
4 111 (5.32%) Enterprise Software
5 109 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
6 76 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 52 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
8 51 (2.45%) AI Agents
9 47 (2.25%) Public Cloud
10 43 (2.06%) Virtual Team
11 37 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (1.68%) e-Learning
13 31 (1.49%) Video\Live Streaming
14 28 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
15 27 (1.29%) Over-the-Top Content
16 24 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
17 23 (1.10%) Management Information System
18 21 (1.01%) Algorithms
18 21 (1.01%) Data Structures
19 20 (0.96%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 138 (6.62%) Linux
2 49 (2.35%) Windows
3 26 (1.25%) CentOS
3 26 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (1.01%) Unix
5 8 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.29%) AIX
6 6 (0.29%) Android
7 5 (0.24%) Debian
7 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.096%) VMS
9 1 (0.048%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,106 (53.05%) CI/CD
2 987 (47.34%) Agile
3 739 (35.44%) Software Engineering
4 735 (35.25%) DevOps
5 581 (27.87%) Full-Stack Development
6 512 (24.56%) Mentoring
7 459 (22.01%) Event-Driven
8 446 (21.39%) AI
9 426 (20.43%) Containerisation
10 418 (20.05%) Test Automation
11 417 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 416 (19.95%) Infrastructure as Code
13 380 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
14 301 (14.44%) Technical Leadership
15 290 (13.91%) Scrum
16 286 (13.72%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 246 (11.80%) TDD
18 234 (11.22%) Architectural Patterns
19 233 (11.18%) Clean Code
20 226 (10.84%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 705 (33.81%) Java
2 587 (28.15%) C#
3 506 (24.27%) SQL
4 479 (22.97%) Python
5 463 (22.21%) JavaScript
6 390 (18.71%) TypeScript
7 107 (5.13%) Go
8 58 (2.78%) Ruby
9 46 (2.21%) C++
10 40 (1.92%) Bash
11 38 (1.82%) PHP
12 37 (1.77%) Scala
13 28 (1.34%) PowerShell
14 26 (1.25%) Bicep
15 24 (1.15%) Rust
16 23 (1.10%) Kotlin
17 20 (0.96%) PL/SQL
18 19 (0.91%) C
19 13 (0.62%) Groovy
20 12 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 305 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 204 (9.78%) SC Cleared
3 180 (8.63%) Degree
4 92 (4.41%) DV Cleared
5 80 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 71 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 47 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.44%) CISSP
9 18 (0.86%) CISM
9 18 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.48%) MBA
12 10 (0.48%) PhD
13 7 (0.34%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (10.60%) QA
2 90 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.77%) WCAG
4 36 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.58%) GDPR
6 17 (0.82%) NCSC
6 17 (0.82%) NIST
7 14 (0.67%) SOC 2
8 13 (0.62%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.43%) GRC
10 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.24%) PSD2
15 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.14%) IFRS
16 3 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 595 (28.54%) Docker
2 36 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.24%) NDS
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) KVM
7 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 627 (30.07%) Kubernetes
2 113 (5.42%) Ansible
3 95 (4.56%) Grafana
4 53 (2.54%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.29%) Argo
6 26 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.91%) Puppet
8 15 (0.72%) Kibana
9 9 (0.43%) Cilium
10 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.24%) Podman
12 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.19%) Packer
13 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.096%) MIIS
14 2 (0.096%) Rancher
15 1 (0.048%) Cisco CUCM
15 1 (0.048%) Consul
15 1 (0.048%) Fluentd
15 1 (0.048%) Nagios
Vendors
1 332 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 97 (4.65%) Google
3 72 (3.45%) Oracle
4 41 (1.97%) OpenAI
5 39 (1.87%) Splunk
6 29 (1.39%) Dynatrace
7 27 (1.29%) Typelevel
8 23 (1.10%) AppDynamics
8 23 (1.10%) Databricks
8 23 (1.10%) IBM
8 23 (1.10%) Okta
9 21 (1.01%) ForgeRock
10 17 (0.82%) OneLogin
11 15 (0.72%) SAP
12 14 (0.67%) Salesforce
13 13 (0.62%) Adobe
13 13 (0.62%) SendGrid
14 12 (0.58%) ServiceNow
15 10 (0.48%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.38%) OpenText